Such word painting abounds... «David Bowie FAQ»
verrett23 февраля 2025Such word painting abounds on the Ziggy Stardust album. Bowie admitted to borrowing a trick from the song “Somewhere over the Rainbow” from the movie The Wizard of Oz (1939), where a leap of a full octave occurs between the two syllables of “some-where,” thus drawing the listener’s attention skyward to “over the rainbow.” Bowie uses this trick with equally great effect in “Starman.”10
